Zoscales Partners

Zoscales Partners

Zurich, SwitzerlandEst. 201411 employeeswww.zoscales.com
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Zoscales Partners is a leading investment management firm specialized in private equity investments in East Africa. Focusing on growth capital in small and medium sized companies with superior return potential, Zoscales Partners identifies attractive investment opportunities with high value creation potential by applying our innovative and unique investment approach. With a team of international investment professionals and successful local East African entrepreneurs, Zoscales Partners acknowledges that successful deals are done through the combination of a global investor base and an extensive local network. East African economies are amongst the fastest growing economies in the world and are expected to outperform other frontier, emerging, and developed markets over the next decades. Pioneering East African businesses are contributing their share towards this trajectory. They demonstrate extraordinary financial growth and solid economic performance, turn visions into realities, create jobs and give people the opportunity to have descent lives. A key element shaping the convergence is transfer of capital and know-how. Our firm contributes to this trend via direct investments and strategic management, enabling African businesses to expand and grow, whilst striving for superior and sustainable returns for our investors. Our firm believes in this win-win concept for our investors and African businesses. In other words, we invest where it matters!

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At Zoscales Partners we focus on growth capital in small and medium-sized companies in key East African economies. We prioritize investments in sectors with high projected compound annual growth rates and apply our unique investment approach, “the ZP Way”, to confront the challenges of investing in frontier markets. The key ingredients of this approach are the three Cs: Control: We take control of our investments through either a majority shareholding or a minority shareholding by the use of preferred shares or equivalent instruments. Champions: We have built strong relationships with local operators and C-level talent in the market to steer the portfolio companies. Concentration: We focus on a small number of quality deals in more liquid industries, carry out intense early dialogue with buyers, and leverage industry know-how and network. We execute this strategy with an investment team with particular investment expertise in core industries, bolstered by local operating partners who have long and deep operational expertise to execute sector-specific value creation initiatives.

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